The statistics on bank loans are derived by calculating total outstanding loans at Japan's nine ''city'' banks, three long-term credit banks, and seven trust banks, as well as regional banks, including second-tier regional banks.

China's central bank is hoping to implement a deposit insurance program to protect the savings of ordinary Chinese, given that 20% of all Chinese bank loans are nonperforming, People's Bank of China Governor Dai Xianglong said Tuesday.

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